Regular season and playoffsNYR

Steve Vickers's 1972-1973 season

Calder Memorial Trophy

Points

NHL#63

Goals

NHL#28

Assists

NHL#121

Plus/minus

+35

NHL#15

Games

78% of 78

Left winger Steve Vickers was 21 years old when the 1972-1973 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 61 of a possible 78 games and scored 30 goals and 23 assists for 53 points, 0.87 points per game. In the playoffs he played 10 games for 9 points. He won Calder Memorial Trophy.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1972-1973Playoffs

Year 1972
54 years ago
NHL debut
October 7
Steve Vickers makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠5 loss against Detroit Red Wings
NYRNew York Rangers3–5DETDetroit Red Wings
Steve was 21 years old · Detroit Olympia, USA
His first NHL game
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
0
+/-
First NHL goalFirst NHL point
Swedes on the ice: Thommie Bergman.
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- The game
  NYR3–5DET
  L
  October 7game 1/781
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Steve Vickers scores his first NHL goal
in the game against Detroit Red Wings · October 7
- The game
  NYR1–5CHI
  L
  October 8game 2/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  VAN3–5NYR
  W
  October 11game 3/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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Milestone
Steve Vickers records his first NHL assist
in the game against Vancouver Canucks · October 11
- The game
  NYR1–6MTL
  L
  October 14game 4/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–6NYR
  W
  October 15game 5/78
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-2SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  BOS1–7NYR
  W
  October 18game 6/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–1NYI
  W
  October 21game 7/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL1–1NYR
  October 22game 8/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  PHI1–6NYR
  W
  October 25game 9/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CHI1–7NYR
  W
  October 29game 10/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- November 1972
- The game
  NYR4–6PIT
  L
  November 4game 12/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–2PHI
  W
  November 5game 13/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–5NYR
  W
  November 8game 14/78
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  CGS2–7NYR
  W
  November 11game 15/78
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +4+/-3SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  LAK1–5NYR
  W
  November 12game 16/781
  His night
  +3P+3G
  +3+/-5SOG
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  PHI3–7NYR
  W
  November 15game 17/78
  His night
  +3P+3G
  +4+/-8SOG
  HAT TRICK
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- The game
  NYR3–1STL
  W
  November 18game 18/78
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  PIT5–3NYR
  L
  November 19game 19/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 19
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 7818 of 20 played
  14
  points
  NHL#58
  11
  goals
  NHL#14
  3
  assists
  NHL#177
  NYR
  14-5-0W-L-OT29Points
  2nd in the whole NHL
- December 1972
- The game
  DET0–5NYR
  W
  December 24game 36/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- The game
  BUF4–1NYR
  L
  December 27game 37/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL1–6NYR
  W
  December 31game 38/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +3+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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Year 1973
53 years ago
- The game
  LAK0–3NYR
  W
  January 3game 39/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- Checkpoint
  January 3
  1/2 into the season
  Game 39 of 7822 of 39 played
  15
  points
  NHL#146
  11
  goals
  NHL#64
  4
  assists
  NHL#242
  NYR
  24-12-0W-L-OT51Points
  3rd in the whole NHL
- The game
  BUF4–1NYR
  L
  January 6game 40/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  PIT0–3NYR
  W
  January 7game 41/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–2BUF
  W
  January 11game 42/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–3STL
  W
  January 13game 43/78
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +4+/-4SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  NYR5–2PHI
  W
  January 14game 44/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR4–4LAK
  January 17game 45/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR6–0CGS
  W
  January 19game 46/78
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +2+/-6SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  NYR4–3VAN
  W
  January 20game 47/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  BOS2–4NYR
  W
  January 24game 48/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–3DET
  W
  January 27game 49/781
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  TOR2–5NYR
  W
  January 28game 50/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  CGS1–3NYR
  W
  January 31game 51/78
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-5SOG
  +3 points
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- February 1973
- The game
  NYR7–3BOS
  W
  February 3game 52/78
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +4+/-2SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  AFM0–6NYR
  W
  February 4game 53/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYI0–6NYR
  W
  February 7game 54/78
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  NYR6–0NYI
  W
  February 10game 55/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MTL2–2NYR
  February 11game 56/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-7SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–6MTL
  L
  February 14game 57/78
  His night
  +2P+2G
  +3+/-3SOG
  +2 goals
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- The game
  NYR1–4BUF
  L
  February 15game 58/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–3NYR
  W
  February 18game 59/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
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- Checkpoint
  February 18
  3/4 into the season
  Game 59 of 7842 of 59 played
  37
  points
  NHL#71
  22
  goals
  NHL#37
  15
  assists
  NHL#146
  NYR
  39-15-0W-L-OT83Points
  Playoff spot
  2nd in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYR4–3LAK
  W
  February 21game 60/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–5CGS
  L
  February 23game 61/78
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  MNS5–6NYR
  W
  February 25game 62/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -2+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  CHI3–3NYR
  February 28game 63/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- March 1973
- The game
  NYR6–3DET
  W
  March 3game 64/781
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  VAN4–3NYR
  L
  March 4game 65/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI2–2NYR
  March 7game 66/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR5–4PIT
  W
  March 10game 67/78
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  TOR2–4NYR
  W
  March 11game 68/78
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR2–4CHI
  L
  March 14game 69/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–7TOR
  L
  March 17game 70/78
  His night
  +3P+2G+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +3 points
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- The game
  STL1–3NYR
  W
  March 18game 71/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–1MNS
  W
  March 20game 72/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR4–1AFM
  W
  March 22game 73/78
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR0–3BOS
  L
  March 24game 74/78
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  MNS2–1NYR
  L
  March 25game 75/78
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  BOS6–3NYR
  L
  March 28game 76/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR1–5MTL
  L
  March 31game 77/78
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-4SOG
  +1 goal
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- April 1973
- The game
  DET3–3NYR
  April 1game 78/781
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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The season in numbers
April 1
Steve Vickers closes the 1972-1973 season with 53 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
53
NHL#63
Games
61of 78
78%
Goals
30
NHL#28
Assists
23
NHL#121
P/GP
0.87
NHL#45
+/-
+35
NHL#15
Events
2
hat tricks
50
career points
25
career goals
1
First NHL assist
5 i rad
games with a point · 8 pts
4 i rad
games with a goal
3 days later
Playoffs
April 4
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
Quarterfinal
April 4
New York Rangers meet Boston Bruins
NYRvsBOS
Swedes on New York Rangers
No Swedes
Swedes on Boston Bruins
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  NYR6–2BOS
  W
  April 4
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead1–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 2
  NYR4–2BOS
  W
  April 5
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead2–0againstBoston Bruins
- Game 3
  BOS4–2NYR
  L
  April 7
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- New York Rangerslead2–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 4
  BOS0–4NYR
  W
  April 8
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
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- New York Rangerslead3–1againstBoston Bruins
- Game 5
  NYR6–3BOS
  W
  April 10
  His night
  +3P+3G
  +4+/-5SOG
  HAT TRICK
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Quarterfinal
April 10
New York Rangers knock Boston Bruins out 4–1
NYR4–1BOS
Advance
5Games6Points5Goals1Assists
2 days later
Semifinal
April 12
New York Rangers meet Chicago Blackhawks
NYRvsCHI
Swedes on New York Rangers
No Swedes
Swedes on Chicago Blackhawks
No Swedes
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- Game 1
  NYR4–1CHI
  W
  April 12
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +2 assists
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- New York Rangerslead1–0againstChicago Blackhawks
- Game 2
  NYR4–5CHI
  L
  April 15
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- New York Rangersare1–1withChicago Blackhawks
- Game 3
  CHI2–1NYR
  L
  April 17
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Chicago Blackhawkslead2–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 4
  CHI3–1NYR
  L
  April 19
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Chicago Blackhawkslead3–1againstNew York Rangers
- Game 5
  NYR1–4CHI
  L
  April 24
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
Semifinal
April 24
Chicago Blackhawks knock New York Rangers out 4–1
NYR1–4CHI
Eliminated
5Games3Points0Goals3Assists
The run in numbers
April 24
Steve Vickers ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 9 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
9
NHL#18
Games
10
Goals
5
NHL#12
Assists
4
NHL#26
P/GP
0.90
NHL#11
+/-
+3
NHL#19
Events
1
hat trick
1
First playoff point
1
First playoff goal
1
First playoff assist
4 i rad
games with a point
3 points
best game
BOS4–1→CHI1–4
Honour
1972-1973
Steve Vickers won Calder Memorial Trophy for 1972-1973
Calder Memorial Trophy
NYRNew York Rangers

Steve Vickers makes his NHL debut in 3–⁠5 loss against Detroit Red Wings

Steve Vickers scores his first NHL goal

Steve Vickers records his first NHL assist

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Steve Vickers closes the 1972-1973 season with 53 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Boston Bruins

New York Rangers knock Boston Bruins out 4–1

New York Rangers meet Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks knock New York Rangers out 4–1

Steve Vickers ends the 1972-1973 playoffs with 9 points

Steve Vickers won Calder Memorial Trophy for 1972-1973